Nextaris Takes Searching and Info Management To A New Level
From the Internet search gurus at Surfwax, take a look at their latest offering, Nextaris. See detailed reviews by Lars Våge and Tara Calishain.
Effort in Maryland to Prevent E-Voting Fails
Joseph P. Manck, County Administrative Judge, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, ruled on September 1 that the state may use e-voting machines from Diebold in the upcoming election, despite security issues documented by the Campaign for Verifiable Voting in Maryland. See this Washington Post (reg. re’d) article for more details, and related beSpacific postings here.
Gov’t CIOs Issue Drafts on Enhancing Access to Gov Docs Online
From the Chief Information Officers Council’s Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI): this document that “seeks to improve the methods by which Government information, including information on the Internet, is organized, preserved, and made accessible to the public, as required under the E-Government Act of 2002, Section 207, Accessibility, Usability, and Preservation of Government Information,” …
New CRS Reports That Focus on 9/11 Commission Recommendations
Aviation Security-Related Findings and Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, August 24, 2004. 9/11 Commission Recommendations: A Civil Liberties Oversight Board, August 9, 2004. 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Joint Committee on Atomic Energy — A Model for Congressional Oversight? August 20, 2004.
Blogging the RNC and an E-Gov Site on Election Resources
U.S. Dept. of State, United States Elections 2004 (note: references a terrific column by Kathy Biehl, from LLRX.com, on Federal & State Election Resources) Aggregated blog feeds on convention news: Politics.Feedster.com, Technorati Election Watch 2004 and links to individuals who are blogging the convention. Yahoo! News – Presidential Elections – Blogs
New ERIC Web Site Launched Today
“September 1, 2004, marks the introduction of the new ERIC Web site. The new site provides users with increased search capabilities utilizing simple, streamlined retrieval methods to access the existing ERIC bibliographic database (1966-2004). For example, users are now able to quickly refine search results through the use of keywords, publication date, publication type, or …
GOP Delegate Data Posted on Website Subject of DOJ Investigation
ACLU Criticizes Secret Service Investigation of News Website That Posted RNC Delegates’ Names Feds Hunt Source of GOP Data
How Americans Use Instant Messaging
“2004 Pew Internet & American Life surveys reveal that more than four in ten online Americans instant message (IM). That reflects about 53 million American adults who use instant messaging programs. About 11 million of them IM at work and they are becoming fond of its capacity to encourage productivity and interoffice cooperation.” [Link] How …
Pentagon Video on Gov’t Docs. Censored Over Copyright Concerns
A DoD video produced as a teaching tool for citizens to learn about access to government documents was edited due to concerns that footage included was subject to copyright restrictions. This report from AP also states that a FOIA request to obtain a copy of the video (clips of which are available at this url: …
Website of Key Statistical Data on Population, Energy Consumption, Hrs Spent on the Internet….
Via Metafilter, this website provides a startling array of continually updated statistics on topics including population, government and economics, education, the environment, food, energy and health. Check this out!
USPTO Enters the Digital Era
“Officials at the Commerce Department’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently began publishing patent examiners’ decisions on the Web for all prospective inventors to see, as part of a new system called Public Patent Application Information Retrieval, or PAIR.” [Link] See my related posting from August 2 here.
Search MIT Theses
“Welcome to the digital library of MIT Theses, a collection of selected MIT master’s and doctoral theses available online. Please note that this is NOT a complete collection of MIT theses. It includes only theses that were scanned by Document Services in the past few years, for printing or electronic delivery to requesters. The range …